I've resurrected this thing, with a new name. The Escher gang is now called the Blackhearts, and I made the Goliath less overtly homosexual, as the idiot EFF forumite I based him on has long since gone. Enjoy.

PS. since the filter won't let me use the word ($@!), and it's the only so-called swear word I use in my story, every time you read ($@!) in the text, please realize it is the word that rhymes with witch and refers to a female dog.

I remember reading this story ages ago and thinking it was really good, so it's awesome that you've gone back to it now. Shame about the swear words issue, but, hey, we the reader can work our way around it.
I'm looking forward to reading more,